, 1887-02-08
oEATA N 4 Tuakls4 $40.
The London Case Not .ilnrninE-So RI
lation Of Cause aud Effect.

The London Case Not ,InrninE-So H..
lation Of Cause aud Effect,
The recent cise Of death in Turil-h
bath. really from excessive drinking. re-
ported by The London Daily News. ~as
recently the test for a long article il
your SUNDAY t%liiion, in which wcrc
many reflection hase,l more on i%niagina-
ton than solid facts. There may be
danger in sleeping in = temperature of
100 dcrS.. but it is iniinitessimal. Do
WE hesitate to 20 to sleep because the
night is very hot; by no means. There
is, however, great danger in the habit of
excessive drinking, whatever the person
may do afterwnrd, whether ii be going
to the Turkish bath or to church. but the
bath would be the safest place 10 20 at
that time. The habit of the bath il II
most laudable N and is to DO cncour-
aged at all times. as it tend to the wei
fare and betterment of the community
to elevate and not degrade man. 1t is on
the side Of virtue and not of vice.
Because some may at times use it TO
&c; relief from their cxcesses is no more
the fault of the bath than is the fact that
people will sin during the week and 70
TO church on Sunday to get absolution
the fault of the church. People are not
made weaker or debilitated by the bath.
On the contrary, they are made stronger
and moro vigorous, and more able TO use
what strength they have. Disease and
bad habits most certainly weaken, but
tho bath never. Let us look n little fur
Their, and not hastily say when a man
dies that the last thing he touched killed
him. There is too much reasoning from
the surface. H. the sun to be blamed for
bringing noxious air from undrained
swampsI If one takes a Turkish bath
to-day and tomorrow is attacked with
rheumatism or other diseases, is that the
fault of the bath? Emphatically no, If
it J. u fact that the bath is weakening,
how il ii hat persons weakened and de
bilitated by disease can take one or two
baths a day and rapidly rccover2
Again, how is it that the attendants
have worked in the heat of the bath sew
eral hours daily for years and not lost IA
day from sickness A fact most promi-
ncnt in relation TO these attendants is that
they invariably improve in health and
strength after commencing that kind of
work. Mr.. ID. Urquhart. to whom
modern civilization is indebted for the re.
NlNbl VI tH' tiltltlli pltDl1hI, OF llTklSn
bath, us it is now called, states, in the
Manual of the Turkish Bath that the
best shampooing he ever received was
from "A man 90 years old, who had been
a worker in the bath since he was 8 years
of age. The frequent use of the Turkish
bath, instead of being killing, is enliven-
ing and helps to prolong life and increase
its vigor. A person who is given to ex-
cess III drink and who makes frequent
use of the Turkish bath is therefore more
likely to live longer than if he did not use
the bath. The daily use of the bath has
been found in many cases of great advan-
tagc to persons in ordinary health, BY
that means they are fortified against dis
case and their systems toned up and in
vigorated. Death has come to man in
the pulpit. Oh the ~ferryboat, at the table.
Is it at all wonderful that it should come
to II while in the bath, when he has
taken the surest course, by dissipation, to
bring hat condition about Rest assured
The hath, in and of itself, is not the thing
to hasten that time.-Charles IL. Shep.
and, NJ. d., in Brooklyn Eagle.